Adoption in Old Babylonian Nippur and the Archive of Mannum-mesu-lissur Hardback
by Elizabeth C. Stone, David I. (Bernard and Jane Schapiro Professor of Ancient Near Eastern and Jadaic Studies, Emer Owen
Part of the Mesopotamian Civilizations series
Hardback
Description
In a primarily diachronic study of the adoption texts from Old Babylonian Nippur, the authors examine the contexts and purposes of adoption.
As a result, a number of motivations for adoption are uncovered, including both economic (property exchange) and social (family-oriented) functions.
Along with discussion of the source materials, fifty-three of the pertinent texts are published in transliteration and translation, including some heretofore unpublished texts.
The volume includes a text concordance, prosopographic index, copies of 12 texts, and 63 plates.
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:224 pages
- Publisher:Pennsylvania State University Press
- Publication Date:30/06/1991
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- ISBN:9780931464539
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:224 pages
- Publisher:Pennsylvania State University Press
- Publication Date:30/06/1991
- Category:
- ISBN:9780931464539
